Meditation in Everyday Life

About us

Meditation in Everyday Life is designed to provide participants with the introductory tools and teachings to weave the insights of meditation into our daily life.

With simple instructions and support, mindfulness meditation practice can become part of our lives, bringing greater stability, strength, and clarity. In this way, we can improve the quality of our daily life and deepen our experience of ourselves through the practice of meditation.

The Way of Shambhala is composed of Shambhala Training Levels I-V, each followed by a five-week In Everyday Life course that expands upon what was offered in the weekend.

Meditation in Everyday Life is the first of the five courses that accompany the Shambhala Training levels. It is recommended either before or after Shambhala Training Level I, or Meditation in Everyday Life can be taken on its own.

Over the course of a year, the Way of Shambhala introduces the entire Shambhala path. This series offers a glimpse of the Shambhala vision of enlightened society by emphasizing the ways in which meditation can impact our daily lives, and from there, how the sanity of meditation can expand to impact our community and our whole society. Please click here for a full description and chart of the Way of Shambhala.

BSC is delighted that through sponsor support we can offer new pricing options. Full price $165 Sponsor price $200 Member price $130 Subsidized price $ 85 Other– please see below*Registering as a sponsor generously supports those who cannot afford the full price. Thank you!

*If these pricing options are unworkable for your situation, we will be happy to accept what you can offer, including volunteer service. Please contact programs@boulder.shambhala.org or call 303-444-0190, ext 104 at least three days in advance.

About the
Venue

The Boulder Shambhala Center is a cultural institution dedicated to creating enlightened society: humanity’s expansive embodiment of bravery, compassion, and profound confidence in basic goodness.The Boulder Shambhala Center was established by Tibetan Buddhist master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1973. BSC now operates within an international organization of city and retreat centers under the guidance and protection of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Shambhala USA.Shambhala Vision is rooted in the principle that every human being has a fundamental nature of basic goodness. This nature can be developed in daily life so that it radiates out to family, friends, community and society.According to the Shambhala tradition we are living through an age of greed and aggression. We harm ourselves, each other and our planet.The Shambhala teachings offer an antidote to this crisis. This was the basis of the legendary Kingdom of Shambhala, a society that fostered the inherent goodness of its people. Shambhala Vision tells us that we can experience a natural source of radiance and brilliance in the world, which is the innate wakefulness of human beings.From this deep, profoundly human foundation, it is possible to extend that out and create what the Shambhala tradition calls “enlightened society.” This vision offers possibilities for a radical paradigm shift – not a utopia, but a culture in which life’s challenges are met with kindness, generosity and courage.

$165 Full Price, $200 Sponsor, $130 BSC Member, $85 Subsidized

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Why Retreat?

We asked people why they go on retreat, here's what they said:

To give my ego a break from all these construction projects.
Layth

Retreat Guru's Vision

We believe human beings are innately wise, strong and kind. This wisdom, although not always experienced, is always present. Going on retreat is a beautiful way to reconnect to our basic sanity and health. Our aspiration at Retreat Guru is to inspire people to experience authentic retreats and reconnect with their innate wisdom, strength and kindness.